What might have been

The Karl Rove Deathwatch, Day 2.

If we had a Democratic administration coupled with a Republican Congress, hearings would already have started.

Instead the W-imbecile Administration's denials are getting more cryptic and carefully worded:

From the AP:

The White House refused Monday to repeat earlier assertions that any administration official who leaked classified information would be fired, days after Karl Rove, one of President Bush's top aides, was fingered as the source of a news leak that exposed a CIA undercover officer in 2003.

and

White House spokesman Scott McClellan declined several requests Monday to reiterate the administration's vows to punish anyone who leaked Plame's identity. He said the special prosecutor who was probing the leak had asked the White House not to comment while the investigation was under way.

Democrats are calling for hearings. If Rove is proven to be the leak of the CIA operative's name, jail time could ensue. We can only hope.

Until then, we have these brave words:

"If somebody did leak classified information, I'd like to know it, and we'll take the appropriate action. And this investigation is a good thing," Bush said on Sept. 30, 2003, the day the Justice Department launched its inquiry.
McClellan went further a week later.
"If someone in this administration leaked classified information, they will no longer be a part of this administration, because that's not the way this White House operates. That's not the way this president expects people in his administration to conduct their business," he said on Oct. 7, 2003.

Well...?

And so it goes.